CDC's "disease detectives" halved as part of DOGE cuts at health agencies
More than 1 in 10 of the health agency's workers are being let go, including an entire new class of CDC Epidemic Intelligence ...
Urgent CDC data and analyses on influenza and bird flu go missing as outbreaks escalate
Sonya Stokes, an emergency room physician in the San Francisco Bay Area, braces herself for a daily deluge of patients sick ...
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CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health
Members of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service were warned Friday that many of them were about to be fired ...
Trump officials ask CDC, FDA to use gender notice on restored websites
The Trump administration had directed health agencies to place a notice condemning “gender ideology” on health webpages that ...
Doctors' visits for flu continuing to reach record levels: CDC
The rate of Americans visiting doctors’ offices for flu-like illness is continuing to reach record levels, new CDC data ...
Federal Judge Rules FDA, CDC Must Restore Health Websites Removed Under Trump Order
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
Deadly flu season: CDC reports more deaths from flu than COVID in recent weekly data
Weekly numbers show that 2% of U.S. deaths for week 5 were due to the flu. COVID was responsible for 1.5% of deaths in the ...
CDC workforce reportedly slashed 10% as RFK Jr. takes office
More than 1,000 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been put on notice less than 24 hours after ...
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STAT is backing up and monitoring CDC data in real time: See what’s changing
In the weeks since President Trump took office, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has removed at least 135 ...